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Women in Astronomy Today

The opening years of the twenty-first century finds many more women becoming astronomers. More powerful telescopes and new technology allows astronomers to observe from more parts of the globe. Astronomers now use telescopes at the North Pole and in orbit around Earth. And they plan telescopes for the far side of the Moon. Here are some of the new generation of astronomers and the questions they are asking about our universe:

Kris Blindert
Ekaterina Evstigneeva
Wendy Freedman
Marla Geha
Andrea Ghez
Vicky Kaspy
Emily Levesque
Tesla Jeltema
Shardha Jogee

Chung-Pei Ma
Sally Ride
Alicia Soderberg
Carolyn Shoemaker
Jill Tartar
Susan Terebey
Kim Venn
Meenakshi Wadhwa

Mike, these need to be in alphabetical order by last name. Split 50/50 as shown if you can.

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